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Everton 2-1 Arsenal: Yerry Mina scores winner as Carlo Ancelotti's side go second and Arsenal's woeful run continues

Yerry Mina’s towering header saw Everton rise to second in the Premier League table as struggling Arsenal made it seven games without a win.

Minus key players Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Thomas Partey, Arsenal manager and former Evertonian Mikel Arteta endured a miserable return to Merseyside with his team remaining worryingly close to the bottom three.

After stand-in Gunners skipper Rob Holding had inadvertently given Everton the lead, Nicolas Pepe levelled from the spot after a foul on Ainsley Maitland-Niles.

But the visitor’s marking was poor to allow Mina to score on the stroke of half-time.

Strangely, Alexandre Lacazette was given only the final 15 minutes by Arteta in which to make a difference though there was a welcome return to action for another substitute Gabriel Martinelli who had been out since March with a knee injury suffered in training.